Huh? You still have PAPER licenses that need a cover? And you "send them back".?
In Australia we have had licences in the same style as credit cards for decades. When you need a new one you go to the Motor Registry, they take your photo and hand you a new card about two minutes later. They punch a hole in the old one and give it to you as a backup in case you lose the current one.
Guys, it is the 21st century for the rest of the planet.